Chag HaBanot 9786 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13546

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13546 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on .

Rosh Chodesh l’banot (ראש חודש לבנות‎ also known as Chag habanot חג הבנות‎ [Girls’ Day]), and in Arabic as Eid al-Banat, is a holiday, celebrated by some of the Jewish communities in the Middle East on Rosh Chodesh of the Jewish month of Tevet, during the Jewish holiday of Chanukah. The Jewish community where the holiday was most preserved is in Tunisia. But there is also evidence that it was also celebrated in Jewish communities in Libya, Algeria, Kushta, Morocco and Thessaloniki.

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Dates for Chag HaBanot

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Chag HaBanot 9783 30 Kislev 13543
Chag HaBanot 9784 30 Kislev 13544
Chag HaBanot 9785 1 Tevet 13545
Chag HaBanot 9786 30 Kislev 13546
Chag HaBanot 9787 30 Kislev 13547
Chag HaBanot 9788 30 Kislev 13548
Chag HaBanot 9789 1 Tevet 13549
Chag HaBanot 9790 30 Kislev 13550

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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